Navy Awards Orlando Design Firm $127 Million Contract for Northwest Projects
Rogers, Lovelock & Fritz Inc. received an architect-engineering contract worth up to $127 million for multi-discipline work across five states, its largest award ever, the Navy said.
ORLANDO, FLORIDA — Rogers, Lovelock & Fritz Inc., the oldest operating design firm in Florida, received a Navy architect-engineering contract worth up to $127 million as announced on war.gov.
The indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity award funds multi-discipline projects across the Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Northwest area, with the ceiling raised by $27 million for new task orders, the Navy said. Work will span installations in Washington, Alaska, Idaho, Montana and Oregon, with Washington accounting for 75% of the effort.
“RLF has become a leader in this market sector, designing a wide range of facilities for the Department of Defense and Department of Veterans Affairs in the U.S. and worldwide,” the firm said on its website according to rlfaei.com.
The award marks the largest contract in the firm’s 91-year history, surpassing a previous record of $100 million, according to Department of Defense contract records. It ranks as the company’s first federal award of 2026 and the 56th Defense Department contract logged in Florida this year.
Founded in 1935 in Winter Park, Florida, the firm traces its roots to the Rogers family and architect James Gamble Rogers II, whose work included the Florida Supreme Court Building in Tallahassee, according to rlfaei.com. Now based in Orlando, the employee-owned company has completed projects on four continents, in 15 countries and 32 states, according to rlfaei.com. More than 80% of its current portfolio consists of healthcare projects, according to rlfaei.com.
Washington’s Puget Sound region stands to gain the most from the deal, since installations there will absorb roughly three-quarters of the task orders. Alaska bases follow at 22%, while Idaho, Montana and Oregon each hold a 1% share. Task orders will draw primarily on fiscal 2026 military construction funds appropriated to the Navy.
For taxpayers in the five states, the spending translates into design and engineering work at bases that support Navy operations, shipyard maintenance and personnel facilities. The projects touch the daily footprint of thousands of service members and civilian workers who rely on those installations.
Contract ceilings for architect-engineering work rarely reach this scale for a mid-sized firm. The award falls between the 2026 Navy portfolio’s year-to-date minimum of $9 million and its maximum of $8 billion, according to Department of Defense contract records, placing it in the middle tier of naval procurement.
This has happened before for the firm, though not at this size. RLF has held federal design work for more than four decades, including the Orlando VA Medical Center completed in 2015 and recapitalization work at Naval Air Station Sigonella, according to rlfaei.com. The new ceiling increase builds on an existing vehicle rather than opening a fresh competition.
Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Northwest, based in Silverdale, Washington, will issue and fund the individual task orders under the contract. The Navy expects work to be completed by September 2026, though it has not announced dates for specific task order awards.
Architectural dynasties shaping public buildings are not new to Florida, as the state has leaned on the Rogers name for nearly a century. James Gamble Rogers II opened his practice in Winter Park in 1928 and designed more than 60 residences alongside the 1948 Florida Supreme Court Building, according to rlfaei.com. His firm gained its current name in 1967 after partners Ralph P. Lovelock and Irwin W. Fritz joined, according to rlfaei.com. The family’s design legacy, once confined to a single Central Florida town, now underpins a federal portfolio stretching from Monterey Bay to the Puget Sound.
This contract represents the 1st contract awarded to Rogers, Lovelock & Fritz Inc., in 2026, bringing the company’s total contract value for the year to $127,000,000. It is also the 56th Department of Defense contract awarded in Florida during 2026. This is the largest contract ever awarded to Rogers, Lovelock & Fritz Inc., surpassing the company’s previous record of $100,000,000, and it is notable within the Navy portfolio. Specifically, it falls between the 2026 Navy portfolio’s year-to-date minimum of $9,046,496 and maximum of $8,000,000,000. Overall, this award was announced among 8 Department of Defense contracts issued nationwide on August 6, 2026.
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